I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law.

You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

He that is truly dedicated to war hath no self-love

I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.

Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.

The leopard does not change his spots.